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Gaslands

Hey guys A couple of weeks ago Jane and I went to the Broadway to watch Gaslands so just thought I would write a quick post about it. The film is all about...
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John Worst

Princes and ASDA to clean up their tuna acts

All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace/Kristian Buus It's with enormous pleasure that I can reveal that Princes has (finally) got the message that bycatch is...
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Rainbow Warrior benefit gig raised £520. Success!

This is going to sound like an Oscar acceptance speech but there are lots of people I need to thank for the success of the benefit gig on Thursday night....
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Princes - Kings of ocean destruction

A frenzy of sharks surround Princes HQ

Well we may not be there in person this time but we in Nottingham are being represented by - a shark suit!  So here is the press release.......(oh, and by...
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Why we disagree about climate change: Prof Mike Hulme

Went to Nottingham Trent University on 10 Feb to see Prof Mike Hulme deliver a lecture based on his book "Why we disagree about climate change".  He...
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Good news for palm oil campaign

Dear all, please find below some good news in our on-going forest work. Ian duff, our Forests campaigner, has sent this message from Indonesia for the Key...
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The secret catch of Princes tuna - sharks and turtles get killed too

Save marine life - get Princes to change their ways Watch the new Greenpeace animation about destructive tuna fishing by Joss Garman, oceans...
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2010 That was the year that was

So as the new year starts with a new campaign I thought it would be good for all of us too look back and reflect on the amazing work we did in Nottingham...
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Ocean Killers

New Year.  New campaign.  I cannot say much about the campaign as it is all under wraps but I can say it is about the way tuna is caught. ...
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Anna Soubry MP accepts Go Beyond Oil petition postcards

Today Dave Mooney and I, together with Han, a Chinese student from Nottingham University, met Anna Soubry, the MP for Broxtowe to present a number of petition...
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The jury retire to consider the verdict

For the past three weeks 20 climate change activists have been on trial in Nottingham crown court accused of attempting to shut down Ratcliffe on Soar coal...
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activists weekend away

just returned from a weekend break in Kettlewell, yorkshire.A chance to meet others involved in greenpeace in the north.never been before but everyone was...
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The Green Policeman

The worlds multinationals become increasingly nervous when they know Greenpeace is on their case and this nervousness stretches from the boardroom to the...
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Lobbying your MP - Training Day in Nottingham

Brilliant day with pointers and practice for lobbying your MP run by Jane Burd and Richard Martin on 16 Oct.  Brian Norris, a longstanding Greenpeace activist...
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Nottingham Greenpeace 10:10:10

On Sunday at 10.00 o'clock we assembled at the Brian Clough statue in Market Square to show our support for the 10:10:10 campaign - thereby making it 10:10:10...
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Greenpeace climbers on Chevron Oil platform

Following their successful occupation of the Stena Don oil rig off the coast of Greenland, Greenpeace climbers are now hanging off the drilling ship, the...
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last nights meeting feedback

Firstly, welome to the new members of the group.  Peter has already done one stall with us and is keen to do more and Mike and Mark came as first timers to...
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Political lobbying training day

Yesterday I went to Birmingham to help train a group of activists who want to become political lobbyists for Greenpeace.  Greenpeace has always gone...
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Big Climate Mobilisation

Greenpeace are part of the stop climate change coalition and we are inviting as many people as possible to take part in a mass lobby of MP's on the weekend of...
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Come to the third runway victory party!

Following the ConLib governments decision to stop expansion at Heathrow there is going to be a victory part at Sipson, the village that was due to be...
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